The '''Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis''' is part of the [[Church of Greece]].

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The '''Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis''' is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the [[Church of Greece]] under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The [[diocese|metropolis]] is located in northern Greece.

It is still unknown when this metropolis was founded, but in an 1886 record by Stylianos Mertzidis there is a reference to an 8th century episcopal throne. Another citation is made in the Vatican library (I.D. ''Mansi Sanctorum Conciliorum nova et amblissima collection'', Vol. XVIIA pp. 373-3760), which has information that under the [[Patriarch]] [[Photius the Great|Photios]], in the year 879 AD, he and [[Metropolitan]] Theodoros of Eleftheroupolis participated in the [[Eighth Ecumenical Council]] which was held in [[Constantinople]].

It is still unknown when this metropolis was founded, but in an 1886 record by Stylianos Mertzidis there is a reference to an 8th century episcopal throne. Another citation is made in the Vatican library (I.D. ''Mansi Sanctorum Conciliorum nova et amblissima collection'', Vol. XVIIA pp. 373-3760), which has information that under the [[Patriarch]] [[Photius the Great|Photios]], in the year 879 AD, he and [[Metropolitan]] Theodoros of Eleftheroupolis participated in the [[Eighth Ecumenical Council]] which was held in [[Constantinople]].

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The Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The metropolis is located in northern Greece.

It is still unknown when this metropolis was founded, but in an 1886 record by Stylianos Mertzidis there is a reference to an 8th century episcopal throne. Another citation is made in the Vatican library (I.D. Mansi Sanctorum Conciliorum nova et amblissima collection, Vol. XVIIA pp. 373-3760), which has information that under the PatriarchPhotios, in the year 879 AD, he and Metropolitan Theodoros of Eleftheroupolis participated in the Eighth Ecumenical Council which was held in Constantinople.